Esther Girl Name

The name Esther is of Persian origin, and means star.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Esther has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Esther

Use of the Name Esther for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

236,066

47,602

22,984

9,653

5,102

2,095

1,036

The table below indicates the number of times the name Esther has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Esther

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

104

198

1881

105

189

1882

97

266

1883

99

260

1884

99

291

1885

92

320

1886

85

396

1887

79

431

1888

77

572

1889

75

553

1890

75

619

928

6

1891

66

710

1892

67

824

1893

39

1,382

1894

36

1,654

891

7

1895

31

1,803

512

16

1896

27

1,964

1897

28

1,911

880

7

1898

31

2,047

913

7

1899

29

1,823

1900

39

2,018

1901

33

1,843

697

10

1902

35

1,834

1903

34

1,883

1904

32

1,957

1905

34

1,992

804

10

1906

33

2,063

1907

37

2,061

892

10

1908

36

2,180

1909

37

2,180

912

11

1910

38

2,372

1911

34

2,668

941

13

1912

33

3,563

1913

32

4,076

1914

35

4,645

1915

33

6,313

1916

34

6,414

1917

38

6,277

1918

38

6,576

1919

38

6,246

1920

39

6,066

1921

42

5,929

1922

44

5,467

1923

48

5,310

1924

51

5,254

1925

56

4,727

1926

62

4,444

1927

65

4,330

1928

66

4,094

1929

71

3,577

1930

77

3,351

1931

79

3,030

1932

82

2,959

1933

88

2,675

1934

91

2,579

1935

94

2,539

1936

106

2,256

1937

116

2,151

1938

120

2,135

1939

117

2,110

1940

131

1,902

1941

138

1,800

1942

142

1,833

1943

152

1,751

1944

152

1,607

1945

158

1,469

1946

151

1,779

1947

162

1,837

1948

155

1,845

1949

162

1,791

1950

163

1,742

1951

169

1,809

1952

180

1,707

1953

192

1,608

1954

193

1,627

1955

201

1,570

1956

209

1,505

1957

217

1,483

1958

227

1,339

1959

232

1,359

1960

234

1,359

1961

239

1,310

1962

252

1,248

1963

263

1,125

1964

287

1,024

1965

280

963

1966

290

869

1967

314

761

1968

323

729

1969

337

709

1970

348

723

1971

334

781

1972

332

689

1973

312

747

1974

316

724

1975

320

713

1976

336

657

1977

311

764

1978

321

710

1979

315

757

1980

298

835

1981

274

905

1982

267

931

1983

275

854

1984

272

878

1985

290

849

1986

293

841

1987

290

841

1988

278

898

1989

294

885

1990

287

960

1991

304

914

1992

303

915

1993

301

889

1994

291

936

1995

311

891

1996

320

873

1997

319

906

1998

323

916

1999

321

965

2000

330

945

2001

302

1,042

2002

302

1,020

2003

291

1,059

2004

304

1,036

Totals:

236,066

97

During the last 125 years, parents have used Esther as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.